OLD MOA FEATHE

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 412, 22 December 1932, Page 4

OLD MOA FEATHE

VERY RARE CURIO H BE SHOWN IN P ROTORUA B A Rotorua resident, Mr. guth has in his possession, tff-'Bj ine and splendidly preserved C-B thers. These are consideredwt-K able curios and are extreffl£B So far as can be ascertain£-H few similar specimens are^ ence and practically all of & held in museums. One of ers is from the long hairy out£; age of the bird and the other^ the soft underlying downthers came into the possessM® Langguth's family througk ® man naturalist and author f beck, who visited New Zeslw early '80's. The feathers ^ere by him in an old cave on ® Coast, together with a numbef bones and remains. They ^ purchased by Mr- Langgu^5. from Reischbeclc's son, ^ Reischbeck, who sent them Vienna. The feathers have ially treated to ertsure their F tion from moths and were co ' splendid specimens by who have inspected them- ". posed to place them. on vi^' Troughton Clark's windoW